<vn='1'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> in <sn="1992">those</s><sn="3117">days</s>, when there was <sn="369">no</s><sn="4428">king</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>, that there <sn="1961">was</s> a <sn="376">certain</s><sn="3881">Levite</s><sn="1481">sojourning</s> on the <sn="3411">side</s> of <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="669">Ephraim</s>, who <sn="3947">took</s> to him a <sn="802 6370">concubine</s> out of <sn="4480 1035 3063">Bethlehem</s> -judah. </v>
<vn='2'>And his <sn="6370">concubine</s> played the <sn="2181">whore</s><sn="5921">against</s> him, and went <sn="1980">away</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> him <sn="413">unto</s> her <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1035 3063">Bethlehem</s> -judah, and <sn="1961">was</s><sn="8033">there</s><sn="702">four</s><sn="3117">whole</s><sn="2320">months</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And her <sn="376">husband</s><sn="6965">arose</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s><sn="310">after</s> her, to <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="5921 3820">friendly</s> unto her, and to bring her <sn="7725">again</s>, having his <sn="5288">servant</s><sn="5973">with</s> him, and a <sn="6776">couple</s> of <sn="2543">asses</s>: and she <sn="935">brought</s> him into her <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>: and when the <sn="1">father</s> of the <sn="5291">damsel</s><sn="7200">saw</s> him, he <sn="8055">rejoiced</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s> him. </v>
<vn='4'>And his <sn="2859">father</s> -in-law, the <sn="5291">damsel</s> 's <sn="1">father</s>, <sn="2388">retained</s> him; and he <sn="3427">abode</s><sn="854">with</s> him <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3117">days</s>: so they did <sn="398">eat</s> and <sn="8354">drink</s>, and <sn="3885">lodged</s><sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> on the <sn="7243">fourth</s><sn="3117">day</s>, when they arose <sn="7925">early</s> in the <sn="1242">morning</s>, that he rose <sn="6965">up</s> to <sn="1980">depart</s>: and the <sn="5291">damsel</s> 's <sn="1">father</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="2860">son</s> -in-law, <sn="5582">Comfort</s> thine <sn="3820">heart</s> with a <sn="6595">morsel</s> of <sn="3899">bread</s>, and <sn="310">afterward</s> go your <sn="1980">way</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And they sat <sn="3427">down</s>, and did <sn="398">eat</s> and <sn="8354">drink</s><sn="8147">both</s> of them <sn="3162">together</s>: for the <sn="5291">damsel</s> 's <sn="1">father</s> had <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="376">man</s>, Be <sn="2974">content</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, and tarry all <sn="3885">night</s>, and let thine <sn="3820">heart</s> be <sn="3190">merry</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And when the <sn="376">man</s> rose <sn="6965">up</s> to <sn="1980">depart</s>, his <sn="2859">father</s> -in-law <sn="6484">urged</s> him: therefore he <sn="3885">lodged</s><sn="8033">there</s><sn="7725">again</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And he arose <sn="7925">early</s> in the <sn="1242">morning</s> on the <sn="2549">fifth</s><sn="3117">day</s> to <sn="1980">depart</s>: and the <sn="5291">damsel</s> 's <sn="1">father</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="5582">Comfort</s> thine <sn="3824">heart</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>. And they <sn="4102">tarried</s><sn="5704">until</s><sn="5186 3117">afternoon</s>, and they did <sn="398">eat</s><sn="8147">both</s> of them. </v>
<vn='9'>And when the <sn="376">man</s> rose <sn="6965">up</s> to <sn="1980">depart</s>, <sn="1931">he</s>, and his <sn="6370">concubine</s>, and his <sn="5288">servant</s>, his <sn="2859">father</s> -in-law, the <sn="5291">damsel</s> 's <sn="1">father</s>, <sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="4994">now</s> the <sn="3117">day</s><sn="7503">draweth</s> toward <sn="6150">evening</s>, I pray <sn="4994">you</s> tarry all <sn="3885">night</s>: <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="3117">day</s> groweth to an <sn="2583">end</s>, <sn="3885">lodge</s><sn="6311">here</s>, that thine <sn="3824">heart</s> may be <sn="3190">merry</s>; and <sn="4279">tomorrow</s> get you <sn="7925">early</s> on your <sn="1870">way</s>, that thou mayest <sn="1980">go</s><sn="168">home</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>But the <sn="376">man</s><sn="14">would</s><sn="3808">not</s> tarry that <sn="3885">night</s>, but he rose <sn="6965">up</s> and <sn="1980">departed</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> over <sn="5704 5227">against</s><sn="2982">Jebus</s>, <sn="1931">which</s> is <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>; and there were <sn="5973">with</s> him <sn="6776">two</s><sn="2543">asses</s><sn="2280">saddled</s>, his <sn="6370">concubine</s> also was <sn="5973">with</s> him. </v>
<vn='11'> And when <sn="1992">they</s> were <sn="5973">by</s><sn="2982">Jebus</s>, the <sn="3117">day</s> was <sn="3966">far</s><sn="7286">spent</s>; and the <sn="5288">servant</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="113">master</s>, <sn="1980">Come</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, and let us turn <sn="5493">in</s><sn="413">into</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s> of the <sn="2983">Jebusites</s>, and <sn="3885">lodge</s> in it. </v>
<vn='12'>And his <sn="113">master</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, We will <sn="3808">not</s> turn <sn="5493">aside</s> hither <sn="413">into</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> of a <sn="5237">stranger</s>, <sn="834">that</s> is <sn="3808">not</s> of the <sn="4480 1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; we will pass <sn="5674">over</s><sn="5704">to</s><sn="1390">Gibeah</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And he <sn="559">said</s> unto his <sn="5288">servant</s>, <sn="1980">Come</s>, and let us draw <sn="7126">near</s> to <sn="259">one</s> of these <sn="4725">places</s> to lodge all <sn="3885">night</s>, in <sn="1390">Gibeah</s>, <sn="176">or</s> in <sn="7414">Ramah</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And they passed <sn="5674">on</s> and went their <sn="1980">way</s>; and the <sn="8121">sun</s> went <sn="935">down</s> upon them when they were <sn="681">by</s><sn="1390">Gibeah</s>, <sn="834">which</s> belongeth to <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And they turned <sn="5493">aside</s><sn="8033">thither</s>, to go <sn="935">in</s> and to <sn="3885">lodge</s> in <sn="1390">Gibeah</s>: and when he went <sn="935">in</s>, he sat him <sn="3427">down</s> in a <sn="7339">street</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>: for there was <sn="369">no</s><sn="376">man</s> that <sn="622">took</s> them into his <sn="1004">house</s> to <sn="3885">lodging</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And, <sn="2009">behold</s>, there <sn="935">came</s> an <sn="2205">old</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="4480">from</s> his <sn="4639">work</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="7704">field</s> at <sn="6153">even</s>, <sn="3676">which</s> was also of <sn="4480 2022">mount</s><sn="669">Ephraim</s>; and <sn="1931">he</s><sn="1481">sojourned</s> in <sn="1390">Gibeah</s>: but the <sn="376">men</s> of the <sn="4725">place</s> were <sn="1145">Benjamites</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And when he had lifted <sn="5375">up</s> his <sn="5869">eyes</s>, he <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="732">wayfaring</s><sn="376">man</s> in the <sn="7339">street</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>: and the <sn="2205">old</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4480 575">Whither</s><sn="1980">goest</s> thou? and <sn="4480 370">whence</s><sn="935">comest</s> thou? </v>
<vn='18'>And he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="587">We</s> are <sn="5674">passing</s> from <sn="4480 1035 3063">Bethlehem</s> -judah <sn="5704">toward</s> the <sn="3411">side</s> of <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="669">Ephraim</s>; from <sn="4480 8033">thence</s> am <sn="595">I</s>: and I <sn="1980">went</s><sn="5704">to</s><sn="1035 3063">Bethlehem</s> -judah, but <sn="589">I</s> am now <sn="1980">going</s> to the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and there is <sn="369">no</s><sn="376">man</s> that <sn="622">receiveth</s> me to <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>Yet there <sn="3426">is</s><sn="1571">both</s><sn="8401">straw</s><sn="1571">and</s><sn="4554">provender</s> for our <sn="2543">asses</s>; and there <sn="3426">is</s><sn="3899">bread</s> and <sn="3196">wine</s><sn="1571">also</s> for me, and for thy <sn="519">handmaid</s>, and for the young <sn="5288">man</s> which is <sn="5973">with</s> thy <sn="5650">servants</s>: there is <sn="369">no</s><sn="4270">want</s> of <sn="3605">any</s><sn="1697">thing</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And the <sn="2205">old</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="7965">Peace</s> be with thee; <sn="7535">howsoever</s> let <sn="3605">all</s> thy <sn="4270">wants</s> lie <sn="5921">upon</s> me; <sn="7535">only</s><sn="3885">lodge</s><sn="408">not</s> in the <sn="7339">street</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>So he <sn="935">brought</s> him into his <sn="1004">house</s>, and gave <sn="1101">provender</s> unto the <sn="2543">asses</s>: and they <sn="7364">washed</s> their <sn="7272">feet</s>, and did <sn="398">eat</s> and <sn="8354">drink</s>. </v>
<vn='22'> Now as <sn="1992">they</s> were making their hearts <sn="3190 *853 3820">merry</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="376">men</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>, <sn="376">certain</s><sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="1100">Belial</s>, beset the house round <sn="5437 *853 1004">about</s>, and <sn="1849">beat</s><sn="5921">at</s> the <sn="1817">door</s>, and <sn="559">spoke</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="1167">master</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s>, the old <sn="2205">man</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Bring <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="376">man</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">into</s> thine <sn="1004">house</s>, that we may <sn="3045">know</s> him. </v>
<vn='23'>And the <sn="376">man</s>, the <sn="1167">master</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s>, went <sn="3318">out</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="408">Nay</s>, my <sn="251">brethren</s>, nay, I pray <sn="4994">you</s>, do not so <sn="7489 408">wickedly</s>; seeing <sn="310 834">that</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="376">man</s> is <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">into</s> mine <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="6213">do</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="5039">folly</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, here is my <sn="1323">daughter</s> a <sn="1330">maiden</s>, and his <sn="6370">concubine</s>; them I will bring <sn="3318">out</s><sn="4994">now</s>, and <sn="6031">humble</s> ye them, and <sn="6213">do</s> with them what <sn="5869">seemeth</s><sn="2896">good</s> unto you: but unto <sn="2088">this</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="6213">do</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="2063">so</s><sn="5039">vile</s> a <sn="1697">thing</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>But the <sn="376">men</s><sn="14">would</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hearken</s> to him: so the <sn="376">man</s><sn="2388">took</s> his <sn="6370">concubine</s>, and brought her <sn="3318 2351">forth</s><sn="413">unto</s> them; and they <sn="3045">knew</s> her, and <sn="5953">abused</s> her <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3915">night</s><sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="1242">morning</s>: and when the <sn="7837">day</s> began to <sn="5927">spring</s>, they let her <sn="7971">go</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>Then <sn="935">came</s> the <sn="802">woman</s> in the <sn="6437">dawning</s> of the <sn="1242">day</s>, and fell <sn="5307">down</s> at the <sn="6607">door</s> of the <sn="376">man</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s><sn="834 8033">where</s> her <sn="113">lord</s> was, <sn="5704">till</s> it was <sn="216">light</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And her <sn="113">lord</s> rose <sn="6965">up</s> in the <sn="1242">morning</s>, and <sn="6605">opened</s> the <sn="1817">doors</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s>, and went <sn="3318">out</s> to <sn="1980">go</s> his <sn="1870">way</s>: and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="802">woman</s> his <sn="6370">concubine</s> was fallen <sn="5307">down</s> at the <sn="6607">door</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s>, and her <sn="3027">hands</s> were <sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="5592">threshold</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>And he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> her, <sn="6965">Up</s>, and let us be <sn="1980">going</s>. But <sn="369">none</s><sn="6030">answered</s>. Then the man <sn="3947">took</s> her up <sn="5921">upon</s> an <sn="2543">ass</s>, and the <sn="376">man</s> rose <sn="6965">up</s>, and <sn="1980">got</s> him unto his <sn="4725">place</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And when he was <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">into</s> his <sn="1004">house</s>, he <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="3979">knife</s>, and laid <sn="2388">hold</s> on his <sn="6370">concubine</s>, and <sn="5408">divided</s> her, together with her <sn="6106">bones</s>, into <sn="8147 6240">twelve</s><sn="5409">pieces</s>, and <sn="7971">sent</s> her into <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1366">coasts</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And it <sn="1961">was</s> so, that <sn="3605">all</s> that <sn="7200">saw</s> it <sn="559">said</s>, There was <sn="3808">no</s><sn="2063">such</s> deed <sn="1961">done</s><sn="3808">nor</s><sn="7200">seen</s> from the <sn="4480 3117">day</s> that the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> came <sn="5927">up</s> out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>: <sn="7760">consider</s><sn="5921">of</s> it, take <sn="5779">advice</s>, and <sn="1696">speak</s> your minds. </v>